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Consider this: South Africa recently became the first country in the world to commercially release genetically engineered maize for human consumption. In contrast to the cautionary approach adopted by other African countries, South Africa has one of the fastest growth rates in genetically engineered crop cultivation worldwide, almost doubling the number of hectares of the country now planted with genetically engineered crops since 2001. Owing to the genetic engineering revolution in our food, it is no wonder that people are becoming more concerned about the food on their plates than ever before. It is essential that people consuming genetically engineered food become aware of who is benefiting and who is not benefiting from the biotechnological industry, by understanding the risks to health, the environment and the economy. If the food that consumers purchase is genetically engineered, consumers should have the right to know and make that choice to either purchase or avoid genetically engineered food. This topic is pertinent in South Africa, as the government has clearly decided that genetically engineered food is part of our future and, to date, the labelling of GE food is not mandatory. / Thesis (LL.M.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.

Большинство исследований корпоративной социальной ответственности (КСО) фокусируется на ее влиянии на финансовые показатели или отношение клиентов к КСО. Обязательства организаций в отношении социальной ответственности были предметом очень немногих исследований. В этом исследовании исследуется влияние инженерного права на приверженность организации социальной ответственности в рамках модели, основанной на социальной теории. В частности, мы исследуем влияние трех аспектов корпоративной социальной ответственности; роль организаций в продвижении социальной ответственности, инженерное право в руководстве организациями и взаимосвязь между инженерным правом и социальной ответственностью. В исследовании также обсуждаются основные последствия использования КСО для повышения приверженности сотрудников организации и улучшения ее результатов. Анализ основан на выборке из 50 сотрудников, отобранных из инжиниринговой организации в России. Подсчитано, что внешняя КСО положительно связана с обязательствами организации, и КСО вносит по меньшей мере такой же значительный вклад в обязательства организации, как и удовлетворенность работой для сотрудника. / The majority of research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) focuses on its influence on financial performance or customer attitudes about CSR. Organizational commitments towards social responsibility have been the subject of very few research. This study investigates the effect of engineering law on organization's commitment towards social responsibility within a model that draws the social theory. Particularly, we examine the impact of three aspects of corporate social responsibility; role of organizations in promoting social responsibility, engineering law in directing organizations and relationship between engineering law and social responsibility. The study also discusses major implications for using CSR to increase employee commitment to the organization and improve its performance. The analysis is based on a sample of 50 employees drawn from engineering organization in Russia. It is estimated that external CSR is positively associated to organizational commitment, and CSR makes at least as much of a great contribution to organizational commitment as job satisfaction for an employee.